USS Asheville (PF-1)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Asheville.

USS Asheville (PF-1)
History
United States
NameAsheville
NamesakeCity of Asheville, North Carolina
BuilderCanadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal
Laid down10 March 1942
Launched22 August 1942
Commissioned1 December 1942
Decommissioned14 January 1946
Stricken25 February 1946
HomeportNew York City
Identification
  • PG-101
  • PF-1, 15 April 1943
FateSold to Argentina
Argentina
NameHercules
Acquiredc. 1946
RenamedJuan B. Azopardo
Stricken1973
Identification
  • P31
  • GC11
FateStricken 1973
General characteristics
Class and typeRiver-class frigate
Displacement2,360 long tons (2,400 t)
Length301 ft 6 in (91.90 m)
Beam36 ft 6 in (11.13 m)
Draft13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Installed power11,000 ihp (8,200 kW)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Canadian Vickers vertical triple expansion steam engines
  • 2 × 225 psi 3-drum express boilers
  • 2 × shafts
Speed20.3 kn (37.6 km/h; 23.4 mph)
Complement194
Armament

USS Asheville (PF-1) was an Asheville-class patrol frigate of the United States Navy that served during World War II. She was laid down on 10 March 1942 by Canadian Vickers Ltd. in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as the River-class frigate HMS Adur (K296) to serve in the British Royal Navy. She was launched on 22 August 1942 but due to a lack of American vessels for convoy protection she was transferred to the United States Navy prior to completion. On 1 December 1942, she was commissioned in Montreal as USS Asheville (PG-101), a patrol gunboat. She was reclassified PF-1 on 15 April 1943.

Initially Asheville served on convoy escort but then transferred to anti-submarine patrols.

She was decommissioned in January 1946 at the Norfolk Navy Yard and struck from the Navy Register in February. She was sold in June 1946 and later resold to Argentina where she was renamed Hercules and later Juan B. Azopardo (GC 11). She was stricken in 1973, but her fate beyond that is not reported in secondary sources.[1][2]

  1. ^ Patrol Frigate Photo Archive: Asheville (PF 1), retrieved 5 January 2009
  2. ^ USS Asheville (PF-1), retrieved 5 January 2009